Lol.....the reporter knew he would get a response like this....its just like with chic fil a, they try to get a controversial response from someone who is obviously a devout christian and follows the bible

Still can't find the full transcript online, but I'm more concerned with reported claims that he felt/said "blacks in Louisiana were better off under Jim Crowe." That's worse to me than his religious feelings on gay culture (he also mentioned adulturers, drunkards).

Why? Do the base of people who watch Duck Dynasty actually care? Besides that, weekday and weekend political talk shows have equally bigoted guest panels badmouthing gays on regular programming, and they keep getting invited back. Though, they're always using proxy statements like ruining the American family and hurting traditional values and such, or they'll condemn acceptance of gay lifestyle and support for equal treatment as a slippery slop to bestiality and pedophilia. Or hell, worst comes out of the mouths of elected people to office.

A terrible business decision. I'm pretty sure this is A&E's highest rating/grossing show of all time and I can guarantee you that the audience does not give one shit that Phil Robertson is a Christian.

This is the same group of executives that would not allow Phil to say the word "Jesus" on the show.

Technically A&E is allowed to fire any employees for anything they find offensive. If A&E wants to fire him they are more within their rights to do so. However it does seem unfair to fire him as he was directly asked these questions in an interview and he gave his honest answer. I'd much rather have an employee give an honest answer than lie. Although the media tends to also disregard the fact that in the same interview he also talked how all people must be loved and that only God can judge.

If A.E. wants to suspend one of its employees for gravely insulting millions of people and generating a massive potential shitstorm that would stain the company's reputation, that is perfectly alright and has **** all to do with the supposed intolerance of homosexuals/liberals/democrats/government in your country.

I don't see the big deal. What he said is standard stuff that you hear at a lot of churches. He just said that it's a sin and he's right. I'm not Christian but I don't know what people expected. Him and his family are obviously hardcore christian fundamentalist type people.

And him losing his job over this isn't going to help - Bill Burr has it right, people who say shit like this need to be sat down and talked to not fired. If anything, he's gonna be pissed about this and may shift the blame to gay people...

This is A&E's loss. Duck Dynasty's viewership would have probably been absolutely unaffected by what he said since most of those who view Duck Dynasty most likely hold the same views. Besides, if A&E dumps them, tons of other networks will be begging them to come onto their network. The Robertson family hasn't really lost anything.

Although the government is not involved, this is still a dangerous precedent. Whether you disagree with what Phil said or not, what he said is basic tenet of Christianity. Tens of millions of people across the country hold the same views as Phil and this incident simply tells them that they better not dare state their beliefs in public or their livelihoods could be in jeopardy. This also shows all the thin skinned gays and gay sympathizers that if one of their colleagues happens to be Christian and believes that homosexuality is immoral, they can get them fired for that reason alone. I'm sorry, but people should not have to be fearful of being fired simply over their religious beliefs. We live in a free society were people ought to be able to express their religious beliefs freely without fear of reprisal.

And when you think about it, who was the one who really got hurt here? Did any gays lose their jobs because Phil said that their lifestyles are immoral? Did any gays get lynched, beaten, or assaulted because of what Phil said? No. There is no proof that any gays suffered any real injury due to what Phil said other than their feelings may have gotten hurt which is not an excuse to silence anyone's opinion. The only person who REALLY got discriminated against here is Phil Robertson since he was the only one who suffered any real loss.